A.P. v. Superior Court CA1/4
After four-month-old R.M. suffered a broken leg under suspicious circumstances indicating the injury was not an accident, the juvenile court assumed jurisdiction over her, found her to be a dependent child, and set a permanency plan hearing pursuant to Welfare & Institutions Code section 366.26, bypassing reunification services to her mother, A.P. (Mother), pursuant to section 361.5, subdivision (b)(5) and (b)(6). In these writ proceedings, Mother seeks to stay the section 366.26 hearing and challenges the court’s findings under section 361.5. She contends the court abused its discretion in failing to grant her services under section 361.5, subdivision (c), which provides an exception to bypass if certain factual findings are made. The Contra Costa County Children and Family Services Bureau (Bureau) argues there was more than sufficient evidence to support the court’s findings. We agree with the Bureau, find no error, and will affirm.
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